On Sunday, March 8, 1998, at about 6
p.m., a bright green fireball appeared over Placerville, California (population
8,355), a small city on Highway 50 about 44 miles (70 kilometers) east
of Sacramento. Minutes later, the fireball hovered in the sky over Sacramento,
the state capital. Motorists stopped their cars on San Juan Road and Del
Paso Road in the west end of the city to observe the phenomenon. "Traffic
on Interstate (Highway) 80 between Davis and Dixon slowed to a halt as
motorists stopped to watch the fireball. Many drivers swamped the California
Highway Patrol with phone calls, but the control tower at Sacramento (Metropolitan)
airport insisted no planes were missing." Sacramento (population 369,365)
is 91 miles (145 kilometers) east of San Francisco. In Monterey (population
31,954), located 125 miles (200 kilometers) south of San Francisco, witnesses
reported the green fireball hovering over the bay. "The (U.S.) Coast
Guard contacted Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, which confirmed that
it was a big meteor shower." Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Alan Tubbs
said, "It was just getting dark and everybody was facing this direction
just as the sun was coming down. It was the king of all meteor showers."
(See the San Jose Mercury News for March 9, 1998, "Meteor Shower
Stalls Traffic Near Sacramento." Many thanks to Arnold Veness for
forwarding this news story.)

CAVALLARI SNAPS FOUR NEW UFO
PHOTOS IN BROOKLYN

On Sunday, March 1, 1998, at 11:50 a.m.,
Alex Cavallari "was waiting for some people to arrive" at his
home in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, a borough of New York City,
and decided to go out on the front porch. "While I was waiting, I
was looking at the clouds in the sky and noticed a cigar-shaped UFO. The
object was first seen near the perimeter of a cloud formation." Getting
his Minolta camera from the house, Alex "went back to looking at the
cloud formation...and I noticed the object exiting the the cloud...There
was a small clear (patch of) sky near where the object was exiting, and
it (the UFO) appeared to be heading toward another cloud formation."
While the object was in clear blue sky, Alex took four pictures with his
camera. "As I was taking a picture, I saw a very bright object of
white light in the vicinity. It appeared a little like a fireworks rocket
exploding. There was no sound and the flash was very bright. The flash
looked like a point of white light exploding into very small white lights."
"I then saw what appeared to be spheres/orbs," he added, "White
colored dots all over the sky. The spheres/orbs disappeared in about five
seconds." "I was looking around and noticed the cigar-shaped
UFO in the north, exiting a cloud formation. It was entering clear sky,
so I took a few more pictures." He estimated the cigar-shaped UFO
to be at an altitude of "10,000 feet at 60 to 70 degrees above the
horizon." (Many thanks to Alex Cavallari for this report. Alex is
also a ham radio enthusiast and can be reached at KB2NYV.)

NEW JERSEY MAN SAYS TRIANGULAR
UFOs ARE ACTIVE ALONG THE SHORE

Reports continue to pour in about UFO
activity along New Jersey's Atlantic Ocean shore following the recent sightings
in the Toms River area. Michael A., who lives in Eatontown, N.J. (population
13,800), located 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Toms River, says his
community has been visited by UFOs "for the past ten months."
According to Mike, he, his girlfriend and Paul D., another resident, have
seen "many strange craft in both Monmouth and Ocean counties. We
have seen craft hovering over the CECOM Building, located in Tinton Falls,
N.J. (population 12,361) thirty miles north of Toms River, also over top
of the Electronic Weapons and Night Vision Development building, and over
top of the Pulse power station." Mike also claims to "have seen
in my area triangular craft flying low overhead from the east towards the
west, observed over the Earle Naval Weapons base in Colts Neck, N.J. They
have been seen moving east towards the ocean along the Navasink and Shrewsbury
Rivers." On two occasions, Mike and his friends "saw a round
band of flourescent blue light on the underbelly of one of the hovering
craft directly over the Gardern State Parkway (New Jersey Route 9) and
it was clearly a triangular craft." (Email Interview)

UTAH MAILMEN SPOT GIANT UFO
OVER GREAT SALT LAKE

On February 26, 1998, at 1:05 a.m., postal
workers Timothy N. and Samuel W. were driving to work on Interstate Highway
89 about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Salt Lake City when they spied
a UFO. The men saw the UFO as they were driving through Syracuse, Utah
(population 4,658). The UFO was "hovering over Antelope Island in
the Great Salt Lake." "We looked out over the lake and saw a
very unusual and peculiar sight," Tim reported. "We couldn't
tell what it was, so we drove toward the lake to take a closer look. There
were dozens of dead seagulls on the side of the road. As we got closer
to the lights hovering down the road, the lights in our Chevrolet truck
started to flicker. This lasted only a brief moment." "As we
got closer, we could tell that this was not an airplane. It had a spherical
shape and was one to two hundred yards (90 to 180 meters) in diameter.
As we got closer, we could see lights flashing bright, ranging from green
to yellow to blue." The men saw the UFO "zigzagging and figure
eights." When it stopped moving, "this is when we got our best
look. It had a metallic look to it and had lights that rotated."
Next the object "slowly moved behind a mountain." Then "the
UFO, giving off a faint hum, slowly appeared from behind the mountain,
then just like a flash of lightning it flew off to the west and that was
the last we saw of it." (See Filer's Files #10 for 1998. Many thanks
to George A. Filer of MUFON for this report.)

WOMAN HAS TWO SIGHTINGS IN
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

On Wednesday, February 25, 1998, at about
9:15 p.m., Debbie Hickman was driving west on Interstate Highway 40 in
Oklahoma when she spied "a green fireball" in the night sky.
Ms. Hickman saw the object "at mile marker 126, west of El Reno, Okla.
(population 15,414)." "I left Oklahoma City and was driving west
on I-40 back to Elk City," she reported. "I had passed the towns
of Yukon and El Reno and was at mile marker 126 when I spotted a green
fireball in the sky west of my position. It appeared to be about the size
of a golf ball at arm's length and traveled straight-line. I spotted the
fireball as it came into the view of my windshield. It was in view for
three or four seconds as it traveled straight down and then impacted the
ground... I saw green sparks fly up from the impact." The next evening,
Thursday, February 26, 1998, Ms. Hickman saw "a huge white light just
south of Clinton Lake. The light was seen near the Clinton/ Sherman Air
Force Base but it was at treetop level. While (she was) observing the light,
it 'instantly' came forward to the edge of the tree line...and the light
could be seen through the trees. It then moved up a few feet in altitude
and moved over the interstate directly over her truck. It then flew along
I-40 for a few seconds." By the time Ms. Hickman reached mile marker
47, near Canute, Okla. (population 538), the mysterious light had vanished.
She added, "The light was so bright it illuminated the (truck's)
cab." (Many thanks to Cliff Capers and Jim Hickman of Skywatch International
for this report.)

TWO UFOs SEEN IN PORTUGAL

On Friday, March 6, 1998, the same day
a bright white UFO was seen near Cape Canaveral, Florida, two silvery disc-shaped
objects were seen across the Atlantic Ocean, along the coast of Portugal.
Three people walking the beach at Praia da Cabana do Pescador in Portugal's
Costa da Caparica spotted a silvery glimmer in the blue afternoon sky.
One witness said, "The objects were small, disc-shaped, showing a
luminous glow and showing a bright top when seen to turn, and (looked)
a little like sterling silver." (Muito obrigado a Pedro Cunha por
eso caso.)

LUMINOUS DISC SIGHTED IN FREMANTLE,
AUSTRALIA

On Sunday, March 1, 1998, at 8:30 a.m.,
Maya S. 'was sitting in the backyard, having a cigarette and looking up
into the vastness of the hot, clear, night sky" and "saw what
seemed like a meteorite streak across the whole sky from north to south."
Maya's home is in Fremantle, Western Australia (W.A.), about 10 miles (16
kilometers) south of Perth, the state capital. The object flew "without
losing its velocity or its brightness," Maya reported. "As it
neared the southern horizon, my eye caught the attention of another distant
meteorite more directly above me. As it was going, it did a 300-degree
circle and shot off after" the other object. "What struck me
the most was its 'irregular' motion...I've never witnessed anything unnatural
like this in the sky before." (Email Interview)

from the UFO Files...

1981: UFO SIGHTED NEAR LUFKIN,
TEXAS

"Mrs. Carroll Hartzog Thursday night
reported an encounter with a UFO on her recent trip to Atlanta." "She
said she and her daughter, Paula Materanek, were leaving Lufkin en route
for Atlanta last Friday night about 9:30 p.m. when they saw 'a very large
brightly lighted object approaching.'" "'As it passed over us,
I leaned against the glass and had a very good look at it,' Mrs. Hartzog
said, ' It was below the tops of the pines and passed over the car, and
continued to follow the highway, passing from our view in making the curve.'"
"'It had bright red lights, alternating with white light, coming out
of the openings. The bottom surface visible toward us was round and a
larger object than the length of the car. There were no wings or extensions,
just the round object, with sort of a loud humming noise, unlike anything
we had ever seen.'" (See the Victoria, Texas Advocate for March 13,
1981, page 1."

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